Digital Government

Education systems unite on privacy

At least 17 separate systems are covered under the Education Department's new umbrella privacy statement.

Digital Government

E-signatures navigate troubled waters

Technology hampered by lack of standards

Digital Government

Selecting an e-sign option

To expedite its goal of having a fully electronic system for processing benefits claims, Social Security Administration officials plan to offer citizens three signature proxy options.

People

Passing the hat is no help to e-gov

Funding intergovernmental initiatives tests the existing budget process

Digital Government

Shifting the burden

General Accounting Office auditors found that for reasons such as limited budgets federal agencies don't always make use of the growing number of tools and services that automate the process of managing security patches.

Digital Government

GAO finds widespread fed data mining

A General Accounting Office report reveals 52 federal agencies that use or plan to use data mining,

People

ACT awards go to eight

The American Council for Technology honored intergovernmental programs, including a data dictionary and its associated data model.

People

GSA promotes FirstGov

Marketing will play a bigger role in feds' efforts to provide services online.

Modernization

Treasury to outsource network services

IP network will serve many functions, from bill paying to info sharing

People

Snailmail struggles in an electronic world

Postal Service drops e-bill service as it tries to craft its future

Modernization

Treasury buys ZyLab software

The agency is buying a six-year license for the company's document management and retrieval module.

Digital Government

Treasury's managed services wish list

Here is a sampling of the network services that Treasury Department officials want for a fixed price under the Treasury Communications Enterprise request for proposals released May 4.

People

When is a new idea 'new'?

Agency under fire for patent management

Digital Government

What is a postal service?

Proposed legislation passed this month by the House Government Reform Committee calls for a major overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service and lays out a narrow definition of a postal service

People

SSA office to craft Web content

The Social Security Administration plans to have an Office of Electronic Communications.

Cybersecurity

FISMA compliance: Money misspent?

The research director at the SANS Institute gives failing grades to FISMA implementation efforts.

Cybersecurity

NIST has new certification guide

It's "Special Publication 800-37, Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems."

Cybersecurity

CEOs seek security collaboration

The Business Roundtable says feds can share information and help firms past legal barriers related to IT security.

People

GPO hunts fugitives

The Government Printing Office will send out a Web bot to find so-called fugitive documents.

Cybersecurity

Three agencies, supplier certified for security bridge

The move doubles the number of organizations with cross-certification with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority.